and every guy those people rates goes on to become as good or bad as they predict...

they are wrong all the time..

right now Mays is the classic "look like Tarzan, play like Jane" prospect...that may change down the road, but thats what he is today. USC is on TV alot, and every game I see him he does basically nothing.

Charles Brown is the top prospect. He's a left tackle but may be small (6'6", 295) for our standards. Pretty athletic though and has the frame to get bigger.

Jeff Byers is a tough, smart guard/center type but is in his 6th year at USC.

Seniors Alex Parsons and Nick Howell are versatile guys who may get a look in someone's training camps.

Kris O'Dowd is a future 1st rounder but I can't see him coming out early.

Butch Lewis is a guard/tackle with good size (6'5", 305) but is only a Junior.

The team is very high on sophomore Tyron Smith. So much so, they shifted other veterans around to open up the right tackle spot for him. Like Charles Brown, he is a little light (270 lbs) for our line.

Still lacking some power
Last week, I talked about USC left tackle Charles Brown and the impressive job he did moving his feet in pass protection vs. San Jose State. I got a good question from a reader wondering what kind of a base strength the 6-foot-6 Brown has since his listed weight is only 285 pounds. Well, we got our answer this week after watching him try to block Ohio State DE Cameron Heyward one on one. Brown looked overwhelmed and overpowered against the 6-6, 287-pound Heyward, who was a force in both the run and pass game vs. the Trojans. If Brown hopes to have any chance of playing left tackle at the next level he needs to get stronger, because a weak left tackle will make every defensive end he faces in the NFL look like a good pass rusher.

No problem here
Maybe the unsung hero in the USC-Ohio State game was Trojans center Kristofer O’Dowd, who was coming off a dislocated kneecap injury that forced him to miss the season opener. He was the real difference for the Southern Cal offense inside. His ability to consistently win at the point of attack in the run game and help keep the Trojans’ drives alive was a key in this one. You could tell he was still a little banged up, but a gutsy performance like that doesn’t go unnoticed by NFL scouts, as O’Dowd looks to be well on his way to becoming one of the nation’s top overall center prospects